Latest posts tagged with #16thC on Bluesky
Fascinating: Doña María Meléndez, the cacica (female chieftain) of Saltwater & Mocama Timuca peoples in #16thc, converted to Christianity and was a key figure in survival & stability of St Augustine. When famine threatened, she put tax of 25 pounds of corn on married men to ensure survival of colony
Maltese Bransle: A #sixteenthcentury #dance from Arbeau's #Orchesography, 1589
Image: Turkish men and women in Codice de Trajes, c1547
National Library of Spain
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpKY...
#earlymusic #earlymodern #earlydance #renaissance #16thCentury #16thC #earlymusicensemble #earlymodernsky
Detailed instructions as found in Michael's dad's journal are unfortunately not that frequent in the original sources. One of the most famous sources on the subject can be found in Book I of De natura rerum, a #16thC work attributed to Paraclesus - hence Pseudo-Paracelsus.
It’s been just a year since my co-edited volume with @serenadyer.bsky.social was released! It’s full of thought-provoking chapters by fantastic scholars & the introduction is still OA via the link in the thread below!
#earlymodern #18thC #17thc #16thc
The words "Before me, behind me, beside me," and a word cloud emphasizing Holy, Lord, Commend, Today, Body, Blood, Protect... Blog post title: A 16thc Segen for the Mass, Pt 2
Another blog post on that Thalbach Segen that I wrote about last week -- a "blessing" to be performed by the Sister during the mass. This gives the 2nd half of the prayer and its assessment
silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#16thc #prayer #nuntastic #blog #Research #Catholic #WorldView
a word cloud with holy, lord, and commend and similar prayer words; plus Herr ich bevilch mich dir in alle die heillige wortt die alle Priiester sprechenn. Blog title: A 16thc Segen for the Mass, Pt 1
I transcribed and translated a Catholic Segen, a kind of activating prayer, from the 16thc Thalbach prayerbook. Here I provide Part I and an assessment of *how* the prayer works
silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#nuntastic #16thc #Catholicisms #Prayer #Segen
Are you a member of our COST Action PCPSce and would you like to carry out a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM)? More info on how to apply: pcps-ce.eu/grants/
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#skystorians #EarlyModern #16thC #17thC
Thick book spine with scraps of manuscript text visible between the sewn bands.
Close-up of manuscript text near the head (top) of spine.
Close-up of manuscript text near the tail (bottom) of spine.
Detached spine showing the impression of the manuscript text.
NEW FIND–Fragments of manuscript used as binder’s waste!
Early printing in Europe often used scraps from manuscripts for bookbinding.
Scraps can still be identified–ideas? Share!
https://bit.ly/anitii-manlii-catalog
#ManuscriptMonday #MedievalMonday #MedievalManuscript #16thC #Bookbinding #RareBooks
Book sale alert! 🚨📖🤓 Reading and Writing History from Bruni to Windschuttle is not only now available in paperback, it is 20% off as part of @routledgebooks.bsky.social #BlackFriday sale!
#skystorians #EarlyModern #Renaissance #quattrocento #16thC #17thC
Are you a member of our COST Action PCPSce and would you like to carry out a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM)? More info on how to apply: pcps-ce.eu/grants/
@costprogramme.bsky.social #skystorians #EarlyModern #16thC #17thC
The standing remains of the largely #16thc castle of Dunluce #Antrim. Home to the MacDonnells from the 1550s it boasts some of the most spectacular scenes in Ireland. Despite the Baltic temperatures 🥶 this was one day well spent #earlymodern
The latest from Anthony Grafton and Joanna Weinberg looks interesting, if anyone's feeling generous and wants to buy me a Christmas gift 😄
#EarlyModern #16thC #17thC
2 reminders from our #COSTAction #PCPSce on #PrintCulture and the public sphere in Central Europe:
1) 13 November we’ll host a Zotero Webinar – a link will be sent to all PCPSce members shortly beforehand!
@costprogramme.bsky.social @costacademy.bsky.social #skystorians #EarlyModern #16thC #17thC
The second newsletter of our #COSTAction #PCPSce is now available! pcps-ce.eu/pcpsce-newsl... Follow us for more updates on early modern #PrintCulture and public spheres in Central Europe.
@costprogramme.bsky.social #skystorians #EarlyModern #16thC #17thC
We've met @gettymuseum.bsky.social author Carmen Ripollés at the Sixteenth Century Society conference, pictured below with her book, Josefa de Óbidos. #scsc2025 #16thC
Ready for today's @ghilondon.bsky.social lecture with @hlaehnemann.bsky.social: "1525 and All That: How Nuns' Letters and Reformation Pamphlets Shaped German History."
#EarlyModern #16thC #nuntastic
This week we'll be at the Hilton Portland Downtown, where we'll have 5 tables of books for the @16csociety.bsky.social conference. We'll also be in St. Louis at the Marriott Grand with our inaugural exhibit for the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora. #16thC #ASWAD #africana
A nose and a bell; blog post title: Smells and bells? Just bells!
I wrote a (short) thing! Blog post on the surprising absence of smell from the multisensory details covered in memorial endowments in early modern Bregenz
silencesandsounds.blogspot.com
#smell #multisensory #liturgy #memorial #blog #research #history #15thc #16thc
I wrote a thing! This is my first extended assessment of Vorarlberg prayerbooks, focused on prayers "before" the image of Mary
www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
#prayer #15thc #16thc #nuntastic #Catholic #BVM
This looks like a very interesting conference, being organised by @tomasantoniovalle.bsky.social at @uni-hamburg.de. 21 to 23 May 2026.
Abstracts due 1 December 2025.
#EarlyModern #skystorians #16thC #17thC
@ghilondon.bsky.social's Autumn lecture schedule for 2025 is out. "1525 and all that" was the one that grabbed my attention 🤓 Attend either in-person or online.
#16thC #EarlyModern #skystorians